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Primary PGCE School Direct opportunities
04/05/2012
The School of Education has a number of School Direct Primary Teaching Training vacancies for 2012/13. Our one year PGCE programme focuses on the 5-9 and 7-11 age ranges, and you need to identify which age ranges is preferred.
Professor Simon Borg visits China
03/05/2012
Professor Simon Borg recently visited Southwest University (SWU) in Chongqing, China , to give a series of lectures on aspects of language teaching and teacher education.
New Diploma/MA in English as an Additional Language and Education
27/04/2012
A new, part-time course designed for teachers who wish to develop their professional expertise in the area of EAL and move towards leadership positions.
Deaf Education in Europe: A Comenius Transfer Workshop
18/04/2012
This exciting event brings together the action research network in deaf education and the 'signlanguage@school' Comenius team
Gary Chambers is awarded a British Academy Small Grant
17/04/2012
This study based in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, builds on a project just completed in Yorkshire. Both studies adopt a qualitative approach to collect the views of pupils.
New Professor for Centre for Studies in Science and Mathematics Education
14/03/2012
Congratulations to Jim Ryder, Centre for Studies in Science and Mathematics Education, on his recent promotion to Professor.
Professor Hayward talks to BBC about education and engineers
07/03/2012
Professor Geoff Hayward spoke to journalist George Alagiah on BBC World News on 28 Febuary 2012 about the variation in quality of engineering education across the globe and the impact that has on the supply of qualified engineers.
DreaM project featured in Maney Publishing Journal of the Month
01/03/2012
This month the Deafness and Reading for Meaning (DreaM) Project is featured by Maney Publishing as part of their Journal of the Month promotion for Deafness & Education International
New Research Project on Language Teacher Education
24/02/2012
Professor Simon Borg has been funded by Cambridge ESOL to conduct a study of the cognitions and practices of teacher trainers working on the Delta programme.
Professor Simon Borg invited to Denmark and Norway
24/02/2012
Professor Simon Borg has been invited to speak at three events in Scandinavia. On 13 March he will be running a seminar on doing language teacher cognition research at the University of Copenhagen.
Professor Simon Borg in live Q&A
10/02/2012
Professor Simon Borg took part in a live Q&A session on the guardian website on the 2nd February 2012, discussing Tefl career opportunities with a panel of experts and visitors to the website.
2012 Research Students Conference: Call for Titles
01/02/2012
The Research Students Conference is to be held on 18th April 2012 and provides a great opportunity for any research students to share their research with their peers and develop their presentation skills.
Raising the image of Equality and Diversity
31/01/2012
MA student Rafael Mitchell was awarded a £30 book token for his contribution to promoting a positive image of Equality and Diversity in the school. In response to a call put out last November, Rafael took photos round the school...
Drs Linda Evans and Matt Homer win a second grant
27/01/2012
Dr Linda Evans, reader in the School of Education, and Dr Matt Homer, research fellow and statistician, have secured funding of £10,000 for a study of university professors’ attitudes to their roles: Professorial academic leadership in turbulent times: the professoriate's perspective.
NALDIC Conference – a first for Leeds
01/12/2011
The 19th Annual NALDIC (National Association for Language Development in the Curriculum) conference was held at Leeds on Saturday November 26th. 200 delegates squeezed into the Clothworkers Centenary Concert Hall for the keynote and extra seminar rooms were needed to accommodate everybody for the workshops.
Poet thanks Leeds PGCE students for help with Anthology
22/07/2011
Professional poet John Nash has collated an anthology of poetry by pupils at five West Yorkshire schools with help from Leeds School of Education PGCE students.
Professor Phil Scott, 1953 - 2011
18/07/2011
It is with deep sadness that the School of Education announces the sudden death of Professor Phil Scott on Friday 15 July 2011. Phil was a distinguished academic, excellent colleague and a good friend. He will be sorely missed. Our thoughts are with his wife and family at this very difficult time.
Phil Scott keynote at University of Oslo 200 years celebration
26/05/2011
Professor Phil Scott made a key note presentation at the international Visions Conference at the University of Oslo, May 18-20 2011. Phil's keynote explored the theme: 'Teaching and learning scientific conceptual knowledge: a neglected art?' and was well received.
PhD success for Oman TESOL tutor Simon Green
04/05/2011
It is always great news when one of our students achieves their academic goals. I am therefore delighted to be able to share with you that Simon Green has successfully completed his PhD. His thesis was on "The construction of academic literacy: process case-studies from a TESOL context in Oman".
Andrew Gunn appointed as WUN Visiting Researcher
04/05/2011
The School of Education is delighted to announce Andrew Gunn will be a World University Network (WUN) Visiting Researcher at the University of Auckland next academic year.
Participation and attainment in post-compulsory science
19/04/2011
Dr Jim Ryder and Dr Matt Homer are starting a new research project sponsored by the Nuffield Foundation.
Successful outcomes from English as an Additional Language project
19/04/2011
‘…. it’s turned a challenge into an opportunity.’ This was one of the comments from a group of 15 PGCE Primary students, made during a recent evaluation of a year-long, Training and Development agency (TDA) funded pilot project, led by Jean Conteh, module leader for Primary English.
SoE joins European ICT initiative
16/02/2011
The School of Education is collaborating with a host of other European partners to deliver an EU funded project providing a 'Transnational Appraisal of Virtual School and College Provision'.
SoE becomes part of new Doctoral Training Centre
10/02/2011
A successful collaboration between the universities of Leeds, Sheffield and York will create one of the UK’s biggest doctoral training centres for postgraduate researchers in the social sciences. The School of Education is an integral part of the new doctoral training centre, and is pleased to announce the availability of scholarships.